Newsletter

 For the Weeks of
November 23-December 4



 

A Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I am very grateful to have been blessed with such an amazing group of students and you their families.  It has been so rewarding to work with each and every student.  Tuesday and Wednesday I will meet with all of you to celebrate in the learning and growth that has taken place so far.

This newsletter will cover materials for Monday and Tuesday of next week and the following week of school. After Thanksgiving we are headed into the month of December and Advent, a time of preparing for the arrival of Jesus.  We will have a classroom Christmas celebration on Tuesday, December 22nd from 9:30-11:00.  If you are interested in helping with this celebration please let me know. 
 
Next Week In

Reading:  We will read The Good Bad Cat.  November book reports are due Monday, November 30th. 
 
For the month of December we will take a break from book reports.
If you would like your child to report on books they have read please see the optional reports online.

 

Religion:  We will work on how We Give Thanks to God. We will review the Lord’s Prayer and have a video assessment. We will also discuss Advent and how we can prepare ourselves for the birth of Jesus.  We will use the “Jesse Tree” as a way to learn about stories in the Old Testament.

 

Math: We will continue to work with addition and subtraction facts and strategies.  Please go to: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math/addition/flashcards/miniset7.html and print addition flashcards for your child to use at home. 

 

Spelling:  Next week we will review all of the word families we have had so far this year. The following week we will take a look at the –un family.  We have five words this week: fun, sun, run, put, and off. Our first test will be on Thursday, December 3rd.

 

Social Studies:  We will focus on People Finding New Homes. We will look at these vocabulary terms: immigrant, world, culture, history, and language.

 

Science:  We will continue in Places to Live. We will look at how plants and animals live together. Terms we will cover are food chain and extinct.  We will also cover careers in science an continue to discover what Veterinarians do.

Extra
 

December Book Reports: With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season I have found that it is a great time to take a break from our book reports.  If you would like your child to do book reporting in the month of December please see the optional report on the teacherweb site.

 

May your Thanksgiving be full of thanks and many laughs, for each of us has been blessed with the families that surround us.

 

Truly Thankful,

Jenny Israel